The Nigerian former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has led a team to
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the meeting of the DemocraticRepublicofCongo /Nigeria Business Council Summit
Penpushing reports that Obasanjo left in a chartered flight accompanied by Executive Secretary, National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the former executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) between 2013 and 2022, Olusegun Awolowo.
The team also include the Anambra State governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, Wale Adeosun, a business mogul/renowned industrialist in Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as Ambassador Leke Adebiyi for the meeting scheduled to start from Friday at the country’s capital
Penpushing further reports that on ground ahead of the summit were the President of the Council and former Director General of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, Mr. Jimi Lawal and representative of Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, Dr. Debo Akande.
The others expected to join at the meeting are the Kaduna State Governor and Deputy President of the DRC/Nigeria Business Council, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Aliko Dangote of the Dangote Group, Mrs Stella Okoli of Emzor Paracetamol among others.
Penpushing also reports that it is recalled that the last meeting held in Lagos in December, the country’s outgoing President, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed satisfaction with the establishment of the Council, which he stressed would further boost the trade relations between the two countries.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Secretary, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-Nigeria Business Council, Ambassador Leke Adebiyi hinted that no fewer than 30 propective investors drawn from Health, Education, Agriculture, Communications, Power and Finance sectors are to meet with their DRC counterparts.
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